[Trombone-l] Always good to check out the horn a head of time

[Ann E. Argodale]

I used to know a trumpet player in Tulsa, Ok, who would play jazz with a trumpet mouthpiece on a 9' hose-a-phone.  He would play in the trumpet range, thus having a diatonic, and then a chromatic scale.  

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Ann E. Argodale 
Musician 
aargodale at comcast.net

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From: "John Burton" <John.Burton at JohnBurton.org> 

> There've been several times when I've taken a 9 foot length of hose with a good 
> old kitchen funnel attached to one end and a Bach 1 1/2G on the other end. You 
> can REALLY sharpen your chops on a long road trip that way. It doesn't make a 
> lot of sound, but you can work on lip trills and basic wind management. 
> 
> I suppose that I've collected one or two odd looks from the local constable, but 
> never anything that I regretted. 
> 
> I know one guy that has a length of hose coiled up under the front seat of his 
> car, he 'practices' on nearly any long haul. 
> 
> Naturally, your mileage may vary 
> 
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> john burton 
> Bach 50B3 Bass Trombone 
> Kanawha Valley Community Band / Slide-by-Slide 
> South Charleston, West Virginia 
> 
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> From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu on behalf of Adrian Drover 
> Sent: Fri 10/31/2008 4:29 AM 
> To: contrabasstrombone at yahoo.com; Trombone-l at samford.edu; 'David Guion' 
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Always good to check out the horn a head of time 
> 
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> 
> > From: Tom Izzo 
> > 
> > No fair, David. 
> > Dennis Brain got great sound & intonation on all partials with a garden 
> > hose! 
> 
> 
> Yes, can't see the sense in buying expensive instruments. Use a hose, Jose. 
> 
> A. 
> 
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